January 1992 Tajik presidential plebiscite

The January 1992 Tajik presidential plebiscite was held on 16 January 1992 in the People's Republic of Tajikistan. A vote was held on a new eight-year presidential term, and the Communist Party of Tajikistan chair Varshasb Royanov and his vice chairman disassociated themselves from the communist heritage and expressed their wishes to write a new constitution with a strong executive office. Royanov ran as a candidate representing the regime, and his Agrarian Party of Tajikistan won the election. Reactionary elements took over the Tajik government in Leninabad, instituting widespread changes in the government while crowds cheered in the square of Leninabad.